Production of winter wheat, and oats increased
from a year ago. Winter wheat production is estimated at 7.69 million Bushels,
up 74 percent from last year. Yields averaged 63 bushels per acre, up 11 bushels
from 2007. Oat production totaled 4.22 million bushels, an increase of 24 percent
from last year. Production of barley in New York was estimated at 468,000 bushels,
8 percent below last year's production. Area harvested was 9,000 acres, down
18 percent from a year ago.

U.S. all wheat production totals 2.50 billion
bushels in 2008, up 2 percent from the last forecast and up 21 percent from
2007. Grain area is 55.7 million acres, up 9 percent from last year. The U.S.
yield is 44.9 bushels per acre, up 1.4 bushel from August and up 4.4 bushels
from last year. The level of production and change from last year by type are:
winter wheat, 1.87 billion bushels, up 23 percent; other spring wheat, 547 million
bushels, up 14 percent; Durum wheat, 84.9 million bushels, up 18 percent.

NEW YORK CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION
INCREASES

New York grain corn
production is estimated at 81.1 million bushels, up 16 percent from last year’s
crop due to more acres for harvest, and higher expected yields. Yields are expected
to average a record high 133 bushels per acre, up 6 bushel from last year. Acreage
for harvest is expected to total 610 thousand acres, up 11 percent from the
550 thousand acres harvested for grain in 2007.

New York soybean production is expected to
total a record high 9.94 million bushels, up 26 percent from 2007. Yields are
forecast at 44 bushels per acre up 5 bushels from last year. Acreage for
harvest is expected to total a record high 226 thousand acres, up 11 percent
fromlast
year’s 203 thousand acres.

Acreage, Yield and
Production of Crops, New York and United States

Crop

Unit

Planted acres

Acres for harvest

Yield per acre

Production

2007

2008

2007

2008

2007

2008

2007

2008

1,000 acres

1,000 acres

Units

1,000 units

New York

Corn for grain

bu.

1,050

1,090

550

610

127.0

133.0

69,850

81,130

Wheat, winter

Bu.

100

130

85

122

52.0

63.0

4,420

7,686

Oats

bu.

100

80

60

64

57.0

66.0

3,420

4,224

Barley

bu.

13

13

11

9

46.0

52.0

506

468

Soybeans

bu.

205

3/ 230

203

3/ 226

39.0

44.0

7,917

3/ 9,944

Beans, dry 1/

lbs.

17

17

16.5

16.4

1,360

1,900

224

312

Potatoes, fall

cwt.

19.0

18.0

18.3

17.3

285

2/

5,216

2/

Hay, alfalfa

ton

-

420

430

2.40

2.60

1,008

1,118

Hay, other

ton

-

940

1,000

1.80

2.00

1,692

2,000

Apples

mil. lbs.

-

-

-

1,310

1,200

Grapes

ton

-

-

-

180

165

Pears

ton

-

-

-

11.0

9.7

Peaches

ton

-

6.3

5.7

United States

Corn for grain

bu.

93,600

3/ 85,889

86,542

3/ 78,177

151.1

3/ 153.9

13,073,893

3/ 12,033,368

Wheat, winter

bu.

44,987

46,181

35,952

39,614

42.2

47.2

1,515,989

1,867,903

Oats

bu.

3,760

3,217

1,505

1.395

60.9

63.5

91,599

88,635

Barley

bu.

4,020

4,234

3,508

3,767

60.4

63.6

211,825

239,498

Soybeans

bu.

64,736

3/ 75,878

64,141

3/ 74,374

41.7

39.5

2,675,822

3/ 2,938,313

Beans, dry 1/

lbs.

1,526.9

3/ 1,492.9

1,478.7

3/ 1,424.6

1,716

3/ 1,774

25,371

3/ 25,268

Potatoes, summer

cwt.

53.7

48.5

51.2

46.2

332.0

324.0

16,997

14,946

Potatoes, fall

cwt.

1,010.8

929.1

996.8

916.2

409

2/

407,517

2/

Hay, alfalfa

ton

-

21,670

20,778

3.35

3.44

72,575

71,424

Hay, other

ton

-

39,955

39,661

1.95

1.99

77,729

79,076

Apples

mil. lbs.

-

-

-

9,113.9

9,242.2

Grapes

ton

-

-

-

7,018.0

7,206.1

Pears

ton

-

-

-

873.0

821.8

Peaches

ton

-

-

-

1,129

1,094

1/ Production in 100 lb. bags (cleaned basis).
2/ First forecast released November 9.
3/ Updated from previous report.

NET FARM INCOME DOUBLES

New York net farm income increased
209 percent in 2007 to $1.60 billion. The value of livestock production
increased 39 percent to $2.76 billion while the value of crop output
increased 12 percent to $1.75 billion.

The value of purchased inputs increased
9 percent to $2.03 billion while the value of direct government payments
decreased 51 percent to $62.8 million.

Value Added to the Economy by the Agricultural Sector, New York, 2003-2007

Prices received by New York producers
for milk sold during September were down from a month earlier. The price of
eggs, potatoes, hay, oats, corn, and wheat also decreased. The price of apples
increased. Many previous month prices were revised due to more complete sales
information.

Grain corn, at $5.60
per bushel, was down 25 cents from August but increased $1.82 from last year.
Potatoes, at $16.60 per hundredweight, were down $4.40 from August but up
$4.00 from last year at this time. Hay averaged $153.00 per ton, down $10.00
from August but up $37.00 from September 2007. Apples, at 43.3 cents per
hundredweight, were up 7.1 cents from last year at this time. Wheat averaged
$6.27 per bushel, down 38 cents from last month and 56 cents from last year.
Oats, at $3.22 per bushel, were down 1 cent from August but increased $1.20
from last year.

Dairy farmers in the Empire State
received an average of $18.50 per hundredweight of milk sold during September,
down 60 cents from August and $4.30 less than September a year ago. Poultry
producers received an average of 88.2 cents per dozen eggs sold, down slightly
from August and 11.8 cents lower than last year.

The preliminary All Farm Products
Index of Prices Received by Farmers in September, at 154 percent, based on
1990-92=100, decreased 2 points (1.3 percent) from August. The Crop
Index is down 3 points (1.7 percent) and the Livestock Index decreased
3 points (2.2 percent). Producers received lower prices for wheat,
hogs, soybeans, and broilers and higher prices for lettuce, turkeys, eggs,
and cottonseed. In addition to prices, the overall index is also affected
by the seasonal change based on a 3-year average mix of commodities producers
sell. Increased monthly marketings of soybeans, corn, apples, and potatoes
offset decreased marketings of cattle, wheat, broilers, and grapes.

Prices Received by Farmers 1/

Commodity

Unit

New York

United States

Sep

2007

Aug

2008

Sep

2008

Sep

2007

Aug

2008

Sep

2008

Dollars

Dollars

Corn

bu.

3.78

5.85

5.60

3.28

5.26

5.17

Oats

bu.

2.02

3.23

3.22

2.47

3.15

2.92

Wheat

bu.

6.83

6.65

6.27

6.76

7.64

6.91

Barley

bu.

-

-

-

4.05

5.11

4.83

Soybeans

bu.

9.22

-

-

8.15

12.80

11.70

Hay, baled

ton

116.00

163.00

153.00

127.00

165.00

161.00

Potatoes

cwt.

12.60

21.00

16.60

5.81

11.33

9.08

Apples, fresh market
2/

cwt.

36.20

-

43.30

40.20

53.40

53.60

Milk, wholesale

cwt.

22.80

19.10

18.50

21.80

18.40

18.00

Milk cows 3/

head

-

-

-

-

-

-

Eggs, table market

doz.

1.000

0.883

0.882

0.961

0.815

0.856

Slaughter cows

cwt.

44.20

51.50

4/

49.30

57.40

56.00

Steers and heifers

cwt.

83.80

85.50

4/

98.30

100.00

99.50

All slaughter cattle

cwt.

48.20

54.00

4/

93.10

96.10

94.90

Calves

cwt.

99.70

64.20

4/

126.00

116.00

116.00

Hogs

cwt.

53.00

54.30

4/

46.80

60.60

53.70

Lambs

cwt.

117.00

95.40

4/

99.00

99.60

4/

Index (1990-92=100)

Prices received

140

156

154

Prices paid

162

192

194

Ratio prices received
to prices paid

86

81

79

1/
Mid-month price for current month. Average price for entire month
shown for previous periods.
2/ New York price
is equivalent packinghouse door.
3/ Milk cow prices
published quarterly.4/ Price available next month.

New York dairy
herds produced 995 million pounds of milk during September. Milk cows were
unchanged from the previous year while milk per cow increased from the previous
year resulting in a 1 percent increase in milk production compared to September
2007. The number of milk cows averaged 626 thousand head, unchanged from
September of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,590 pounds, up 20
pounds from the September 2007 rate.

Milk production
in the 23 major States during September totaled 14.0 billion pounds, up 1.9
percent from September 2007. August revised production at 14.6 billion pounds,
was up 1.7 percent from August 2007. Production per cow in the 23 major
States averaged 1,652 pounds for September, 7 pounds above September 2007.
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.46 million head,
118,000 head more than September 2007, but 8,000 head less than August 2008.

Dairy Briefs

Item

Unit

New York

23 Major States

Sep
2007

Aug
2008

Sep
2008

Sep
2007

Aug
2008

Sep
2008

Milk Production

Mil. lb.

983

1,058

995

13,718

14,563

13,976

Milk per cow

Lb.

1,570

1,690

1,590

1,645

1,720

1,652

No. of milk cows

Thou. hd.

626

626

626

8,341

8,467

8,459

Dairy Products Manufactured

Item

Unit

New York

United States

Aug
2007

Jul
2008

Aug
2008

Aug
2007

Jul
2008

Aug
2008

Butter

Thou. lb.

671

1,445

788

110,932

114,245

115,819

American cheese

Thou. lb.

NA

NA

NA

311,892

341,361

338,622

Mozzarella cheese

Thou. lb.

16,116

16,352

16,580

266,202

259,479

258,641

Yogurt, plain and flavored

Thou. lb.

20,205

19,413

19,251

299,954

282,221

293,357

Ice cream, hard

Thou. gal.

2,678

2,702

2,793

79,740

83,458

78,621

NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION
UP 2 PERCENT IN AUGUST

Egg production on
New York farms totaled 99 million eggs in August 2008, up 2 percent from last
year. The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 3.90 million, increased
slightly from August 2007 and the rate of lay increased 2 percent to 2,536
eggs per 100 layers.

U.S. egg production
totaled 7.55 billion during August 2008, down 1 percent from last year. Production
included 6.45 billion table eggs, and 1.10 billion hatching eggs, of which
1.04 billion were broiler-type and 65 million were egg-type. Eggs in incubators
totaled 36.3 million on September 1, 2008, up 4 percent from a year ago.

Poultry Briefs

Item

Unit

Aug
2007

Jul
2008

Aug
2008

Aug
2007

Jul
2008

Aug
2008

New York

United States

Number of layers

Thou.

3,889

3,846

3,904

340,651

336,191

335,060

Eggs per layer

No.

2,494

2,470

2,536

2,229

2,260

2,252

Eggs produced

Mil.

97

95

99

7,594

7,599

7,547

North and South Atlantic States

United States

Chicks hatched, egg-type

Thou.

2/

2/

2/

36,930

37,929

36,301

Chicks hatched, broiler type

Thou.

2/

2/

2/

826,599

806,555

799,625

Chicken eggs in incubators 1/

Egg-type

Thou.

9,617

7,380

9,357

34,771

33,040

36,320

Broiler-type

Thou.

259,862

252,632

249,470

669,099

650,798

638,539

1/ First day of following month.
2/ Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

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